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SOCY 284 Introduction to Digital Sociology Units: 3.00
This course introduces students to the field of Digital Sociology. By critically engaging theoretical frameworks and empirical studies, students will learn how pervasive digitization in contemporary societies shapes longstanding sociological concerns like power, inequality, culture, work, communities, and more.
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 84 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite (A minimum grade of C- in SOCY 122/6.0) or (BADR 100/3.0 and BADR 101/3.0).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Knowledge and Understanding: the ability to identify and describe key questions and concerns of technology in society; as well as a command of basic concepts in science and technology studies.
- Reading skills: some of the text will be challenging for you. This is either because they are theoretically dense, or because they were written based on technologies with which you will not be familiar (or both). The concepts they develop are still central to understanding the roles of information and communication technologies in social processes. In this course, you will develop reading strategies with the aim of transferring concepts across different technologies and contexts.
- Writing skills: academic writing doesn’t come naturally and needs to be learned and practised. I have designed the assignments, so they break down the process of writing an essay into smaller tasks. This will help you build up material throughout the course which you can draw on when the time comes to write the essay.